Ferry Interesting

“I wish the ferry had a fairy,” said Phoebe with a frown to no one in particular (but everyone remembered later on). That’s a strange thing to say on an excursion in Year 5, especially when the teachers are around. Eating hot chips on the seat just up from me, a skinny man avoids my longing stare (Those chips of his, I wish were mine). I hear a funny squawk. It isn’t me - Chip-wishing seagulls probably, somewhere (I probably shouldn’t stare). I cool my wishful eyes in harbour waves of green. (The shore has nothing interesting to see – No animals, I mean. Look - Just - more - green.) I hear a funny squawk. It’s under me! No, it’s not a fairy penguin (as you may have been expecting). “It’s a chook!” I scream… …I scream = ice-cream…mmm… I close my eyes and dream, open one eye, have a sneaky look…It’s still a chook.